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Research Ethics Game

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an ethical consideration?

a)

making sure you research does not cause harm or offence

b)

when people are different colours

c)

making sure your research causes harm or offence

d)

when you are polite to people

2.

What is informed consent?

a)

when people involved in your research are told

b)

when people involved in your research are not told

c)

when people involved in your research are paid

d)

when people involved in your research are not paid

3.

What is anonymity?

a)

Not telling someone you are researching them

b)

Keeping someone’s identity secret.

c)

Not putting your name on your research

d)

Telling all of the names

4.

What is confidentiality?

a)

Not putting someones name on their research

b)

need for researchers to tell people that they are being studied

c)

Need for researchers not to publish personal details of respondents

d)

To only research people that you know

5.

The purpose of ethical guidelines in research is to

a)

Ensure that the participants are safe

b)

Enable ethical deception

c)

To ensure participants are paid for their time

d)

Ensure the study get valid results

6.

When written informed consent is obtained, participants must be told________of the experiment

a)

The aim and hypothesis

b)

The method and pay rate

c)

The nature and purpose

d)

Method and outcome

7.

Does a reason have to be given to withdraw from a study?

a)

Yes

b)

No

8.

Obtaining informed consent means the research must make sure to provide participants with:

a)

General overview of the study purpose and risks

b)

Information about the study methods and design

c)

Reports include the study results and conclusions

d)

The choice of being in the control or intervention group

9.

Is it ok to talk about your findings with people that are interested in the results

a)

Yes

b)

No

10.

I carry out research on chemical weapons. I test some chemicals on people. It burns their skin and leaves permanent scarring. Which ethical research rule have I not respected?

a)

informed consent

b)

cause no harm

c)

right to withdraw

d)

confidentiality

e)

deceptive practices

11.

I carry out research on chemical weapons. I test some chemicals on people. I don't tell them that the chemicals could burn their skin. Which ethical research rule have I not respected?

a)

informed consent

b)

cause no harm

c)

right to withdraw

d)

confidentiality

e)

deceptive practices

12.

I carry out research on chemical weapons. I test some chemicals on people who are in prison. Some want to withdraw from the experiments but I don't let them. They're prisoners so I can do what I want to them. Which ethical research rule have I not respected?

a)

informed consent

b)

cause no harm

c)

right to withdraw

d)

confidentiality

e)

deceptive practices

13.

I carry out research on chemical weapons. I test some chemicals on people. When I reach the end of the experiment, I publish the results in the newspapers and go on TV to talk about my studies. I show photos of the people who took part. Which ethical research rule have I not respected?

a)

informed consent

b)

cause no harm

c)

right to withdraw

d)

confidentiality

e)

deceptive practices

14.

I want to carry out research on chemical weapons but I have problems finding volunteers to test the chemicals on. So I just invent the data and pretend I did the experiments. Which ethical research rule have I not respected?

a)

informed consent

b)

cause no harm

c)

right to withdraw

d)

confidentiality

e)

deceptive practices